CBT - booked

[mudcow007]

well I'm beginning my life on 2 wheels....

CBT booked for Thursday

im hoping to move on to "proper" bikes in the near future but i want to spend a few months chugging along on my CG getting experience (its cheaper to fix a CG than a bandit/ hornet)

[StevenF]

Good luck! CG is a great hack for learning on, get some pictures up!
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[stoke-gaz]

Good luck for thursday mate, i did mine in september last year......best thing i've ever done! Let us know how you get on.
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Ex: GZ125HS, Current: Yamaha xv535 virago, Suzuki GSF600.
CBT: passed 30/09/2012 Theory: passed 02/02/2013 MOD 1: 27/03/2013 MOD 2: 18/04/2013.......CAT A LICENCE IS MINE!!!!

[mudcow007]

cheers guys will do

im in the process of rebuilding the CG so pics when its finished...just a pile of bits at the moment

heres what it looked like when i got it though

https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/mudcow007/justbought3.jpg

https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/mudcow007/justbought1.jpg

grrrr-ough!

[mudcow007]

just done 3/4's of my CBT

couldn't do the road test as it was too windy

but did get to spend about 45mins on a Zaki ER5 - seems a bit faster than on a CG

bloke told me i can do the roadtest on the 500, due to me being tall etc

[goto10]

[Shinigami]

Aye very unusual...how does that work with insurance/legalities for the school out of interest as normally you already need to have your cbt cert for DAS?

I could be utterly wrong of course
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[Rogerborg]

Chain's too tight, there needs to be at least 3" of sag in it.

That's an interesting question (for very dull and pedantic definitions of "interesting") about riding a big bike on your CBT.

The thing is, I can't put my finger on the bit of legislation that explcitly says that you can legally ride on the road during a CBT. I believe it's implicit that you've provisionally validated your provisional (keep up at the back!) for the duration of the ride.

If so, then your normal provisional entitlement would apply. Hi-vis, L plates and radio contact with a DAS ticketed instructor (with no more than 1 other learner, which applies for the CBT ride anyway) and you're good to do it on a 'Busa.
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[mudcow007]

I was pretty surprised to be honest

instructor just said, "fancy a go on the ER5?" so i said err OK?! if im honest i thought he was taking the pish, as i didn't think you could

after seeing me fly up an down on it, doing u-turns etc he said "you might aswell use that for the road test as you seem to handle it better than the CG

CG was horrible, it was like riding a bmx with my knees hitting me in the face

i might have to sell/ swap mine as soon as its rebuilt

[Clive L]

It is perfectly legal to do a CBT on a larger bike, providing that you qualify to ride it (age 19 - 23, max 47bhp, 24> any size under the new laws) and that the instructor is DAS qualified.

However, the instructor has a duty of care, and therefore should only do such a cbt with a student known to be experienced and competent.

[Clive L]

Just to qualify the above, the DSA ATB Manual (what governs how we should work) has this following section;

[Shinigami]

fair enough, learn something new everyday
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"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.